The UNIX.COM Hall of Fame Award for Technical Excellent goes to Perderabo who has been the Poster of the Year for the past five years, 2001 - 2004.

The UNIX.COM Operating System Hall of Fame Award goes to Patrick Volkerding of Slackware who has provided the incredible operating system for the UNIX.COM site - since 1992.

The UNIX.COM Hall of Fame Award for Web Software goes to Apache who has provided the web server software for UNIX.COM - since 1992.

The UNIX.COM Hall of Fame Award for Database Software goes to MySQL who has provided the database software for UNIX.COM - since around 1998.

The UNIX.COM Hall of Fame Award for Software Excellent goes to PHP who has provided the scripting language for UNIX.COM - since around 1998.

The UNIX.COM Hall of Fame Award for Site Administration and Web Hosting goes to SilkRoad who has provided the complete financial support for UNIX.COM operations - since 1992.